Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Joseph Rainns (Chief of Security) in Side Sim- The Last Evening- Rainns Quarters
As the day approached when Fayth was to be transferred to the Europa Joseph Rainns became more and more anxious. Sitting at his desk in his office, a place where he usually felt relaxed and in command, he felt nothing but anxiety and dread. There were times where he looked at his office with disgust, as it was holding him back from being with the person he loved. Despite all this, the frequent dinners had made the count down more manageable for the young security chief, and before he knew it, the final night of Fayth’s stay on Challenger had arrived. He had decided to host their last dinner, which he had made himself, spaghetti with red sauce, a callback to their first home cooked meal. This would not be their last. He had put on a red collared shirt and a pair of tan pants, and had the food on the table with two candles illuminating the area. He knew tomorrow was going to be one of the most painful in his life, but this evening was going to be pleasant and untouched by the harsh reality barring down on Joseph Rainns.

Lt. Jg. Joseph Rainns- COS

Sharah had finished her last shift on Challenger. She’d said good bye to NE Nurse and Lt. Mika. She had collected her research samples and turned in her final report on her project. She had one cargo trunk going. Other than her bonsai tree everything was packed and it depressed her. She had scoured the log records from her quarters. She’d found an image of her and Joseph sitting on her floor with the chess board. They had played almost every night. He had been trying to explain some advanced strategy to her that she still didn’t quite get. But in the image showed them sitting side by side, he was holding her hand and they were both smiling, she remembered they were also laughing at the time. She’d made two copies of the image. One was in her trunk, the other she’d wrapped to give to him. She really wanted to leave it in his office to find, but she didn’t want to do that to him on duty. So she took it with her. She wore a sandy brown peasant skirt with an emerald green peasant shirt. She left her hair down. She’d asked Joseph to let her host dinner, not wanting to leave him with that memory, but he had insisted, so she let the matter drop. Before she left her quarters she took the time to try her hardest to calm the swirling chaos in her mind. She arrived at his quarters and rang the chime.
Ensign Fayth, Doctor